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5/25/2022
13 : 24
Inventing Daylight 🧪
The evolution of DayGlo colors. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • May 25, 2022 Hey all, Ernie here with a piece from Andrew Egan. The weirdness of the past
5/20/2022
22 : 14
Social Imagineering 💡
Disney's most famous jargon word wasn't invented by Disney. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • May 20, 2022 Today in Tedium: When I write the word “
5/18/2022
13 : 54
Stumbled Into a Discount ✈️
The online ticket reseller with the wild pre-internet backstory. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • May 18, 2022 Today in Tedium: If you read up on the
5/13/2022
22 : 4
Disposability Interchange 🛠
The great debate between interchangeable parts and disposability. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • May 13, 2022 Today in Tedium: One of the greatest
5/12/2022
14 : 25
Shuffled By the iPod 🔀
Pondering the devices that wanted to be the iPod, but weren't. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • May 11, 2022 Today in Tedium: Some say it was overdue,
5/7/2022
2 : 24
Cathode Ray Context 📺
Some ways CRTs got used beyond the boob-tube experience. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • May 06, 2022 Apologies all, we were running a little late this
5/4/2022
12 : 25
Right Track, Wrong Station 🛤
How the railroad industry stumbled on, then discarded, the barcode. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • May 04, 2022 Hey all, Ernie here with a refreshed
4/29/2022
23 : 54
Not Rap, Definitely Alien 👽
The new-age composer whose final album made a weird imprint. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • April 29, 2022 Hey there, Ernie here with a new contributor to
4/27/2022
13 : 24
Living Life in a Bubble 🏒
The odd state of affairs that gave us bubble hockey. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • April 27, 2022 Hey all, Ernie here with a fresh entry from Andrew Egan
4/23/2022
0 : 4
CNN+Innovation 📺
A defense of CNN's traditional role as tech innovator. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • April 22, 2022 Today in Tedium: The announcement this week that
4/20/2022
13 : 54
Stirrup Stir-Up 🐴
How an experimental argument about stirrups made historians mad. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • April 20, 2022 Today in Tedium: Ever think about how most
4/8/2022
22 : 4
Net Losses 🥅
Networking tech you probably can't use because it's so obscure. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • April 08, 2022 Today in Tedium: If you're using
4/6/2022
13 : 34
The Central Question 🤨
The difference between centralization and decentralization. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • April 06, 2022 Today in Tedium: Recently, a reader asked me to
4/1/2022
20 : 14
Low-Hanging Fruit 👎
Maybe our trash culture needs a little more empathy. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • April 01, 2022 Today in Tedium: As is well-documented by the place
3/30/2022
14 : 24
Utensil Fandom 🍴
Let's talk about weird utensils you likely aren't using. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • March 30, 2022 Today in Tedium: If you think we've got
3/25/2022
23 : 34
Painting With Light 🎨 📺
The graphics workstation that revolutionized television. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • March 25, 2022 Hey all, Ernie here with a pretty cool tech history
3/23/2022
14 : 14
ARMed with Linux 💪
The new Linux distro for Apple Silicon is an impressive feat. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • March 23, 2022 Today in Tedium: Over the weekend, something
3/18/2022
21 : 44
Belt, Buckled 🚗
The seat belt is a rare example of patent altruism. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • March 18, 2022 Eyebrow nightfall Hey all, Ernie here with a refreshed
3/16/2022
13 : 34
New Fake Shemp 🥸
The filmmaking phenomenon that gave us CGI Jeff Garlin. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • March 16, 2022 Eyebrow nightfall Today in Tedium: Recently, I
3/11/2022
23 : 4
Meal Deal Economics 🥪
Considering a famous meal deal's modest price increase. Here's a version for your browser. Hunting for the end of the long tail • March 11, 2022 Eyebrow nightfall Hey all, Ernie here with a